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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (9993)	9/25/2005 10:41:06 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 32591

BBC refuses to hand over Islamist tape............ The Observer, via Guardian Unlimited ^ \| September 25, 2005 \| Jamie Doward [Metropolitan police] demand to see full interviews with radical Muslim preachers. The BBC was facing a clash with the Metropolitan Police last night after refusing to hand over videotapes to prosecutors investigating two Muslim clerics suspected of inciting violence. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has instructed the Met to obtain the full, unedited 'rushes' of interviews with two controversial Islamic preachers, broadcast in August on Newsnight. The CPS wants to establish whether there are grounds to prosecute Abu Uzair, a former leading light of the radical al-Muhajiroun movement and a leader of the Saviour Sect, an Islamic group whose members include those who have allegedly endorsed suicide bombings. Prosecutors are also considering bringing a case against another radical cleric, Abu Izzadeen. Uzair told Newsnight: 'We don't live in peace with you any more. The banner has been risen for jihad inside the UK.' In the same programme, Izzadeen said the bombings would make people 'wake up and smell the coffee'. The interviews prompted widespread public revulsion. The CPS has considered bringing a number of charges against the two, including incitement to treason, solicitation of murder and incitement to withhold information known to be of use to police. The Met approached Newsnight requesting copies of the interviews earlier this month, but the programme declined to hand over the full material. However, it is believed to have offered transcripts of the broadcast. On 9 September, an application was made to recover all the interview material. But last night the BBC showed little sign it was prepared to give up the tapes without a fight. 'The Metropolitan Police has agreed to provide us with further information so we can consider its application properly,' said a spokeswoman for the programme. She declined to comment further, but it is believed the broadcaster believes handing over the material could compromise its journalistic independence. Newsnight assistant editor Ben Rich wrote an online article defending the interviews shortly after they were broadcast. 'The issue of extremism is a very difficult one for broadcasters, and sadly often causes offence. It was our view that it was a legitimate part of our role to identify and demonstrate these problems, and discuss how they should be addressed,' Rich wrote. The CPS made a similar request for co-operation from the Sunday Times, which earlier this year sent a reporter into the Saviour Sect. The paper's investigation led to allegations the Saviour Sect encouraged its followers to commit acts of violence. One of the sect's leaders, Omar Bakri Mohammed, was quoted as telling supporters shortly after the London bombings: 'For the past 48 hours, I'm very happy.' Two weeks later, he referred to the bombers as the 'fantastic four'. The newspaper handed all its material to the police. The CPS is considering whether to bring charges against Bakri if he returns to the UK. Orders for broadcasters to hand over videotape are not unknown. Earlier this month police investigating disorder during the G8 summit issued a court application to seize footage from BBC Scotland and Scottish Television. In 2002 in Belfast, Judge Patrick Markey - in secret session - ordered the BBC and Ulster Television to hand over their footage of rioting in Drumcree. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police declined to comment.

To: Scoobah who wrote (9993)	9/25/2005 12:14:16 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Saudi Prince Buys Large Share of Fox News Arutz Sheva ^ \| 9/25/05 \| Arutz Sheva (IsraelNN.com) Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal has purchased 5.46 percent of the Fox corporation, according to Gulf Daily News, raising concern that the conservative Fox News may soften its anti-terror stance due to the views of the new shareholder. Al-Waleed, the nephew of the late Saudi King Fahd, was in the news when he visited the World Trade Center's remains just after the September 11th attacks and offered then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani a $10 million check for relief efforts. Al-Waleed then released a statement blaming US foreign policy and support for Israel for the attacks. Giuliani returned the prince's check with a statement that, "There is no moral equivalent for this attack. The people who did it lost any right to ask for justification when they slaughtered . . . innocent people ... Not only are those statements wrong, they're part of the problem."